bcs-congress Stories - Team Speed Kills
What Utah Could Have Done to Have a Better Shot at the Title
The senator turned his indignation on one of his witnesses, University of Nebraska at Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman, a fan of the BCS system. "Let's take last year's Utah team," Hatch said. "What more could they have done to play their way into a national championship game?" -Dana Milbank,...
A Recap of the Senate BCS Hearing
You can watch today's Senate BCS hearing online (skip ahead to about the 17 minute mark), but it's mostly just five people treading old ground. Anyway, it was far less of a waste of time than the House hearing earlier this year because it wasn't being run by clowns and the BCS defenders actually...
The Economics of Why the BCS Doesn't Want Change
The BCS is going to get vilified in Congress again today, but the folks in charge of it don't want change. There's a litany of reasons why they want to keep the current system, but today I'm going to focus on the economic reason. It's partly because I was a business major and partly because I...
What Would A College Football Playoff Look Like?
Last week, the ACC Commissioner and BCS Coordinator, John Swofford, testified before the House Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Subcommittee. So, it would seem, the powers that be appear to be applying a bit more pressure on the BCS to change their ways soon. There are many problems with...
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